Dear All,
We are pleased to announce the programme for the forthcoming one-day symposium 'New Directions in Jazz Studies', taking place on the 5th of June at Senate House, London.
- Jeremiah Spilllane (Goldsmiths) - "'Les Yeux Noirs': Django Reinhardt's Encounters with Visual Art."
- Alexander C. Gagastis (University of Nottingham) - "Cruisin' Beyond Discipline: new readings in jazz studies, and the case of Milt Jackson."
- Jasmin Taylor (Goldsmiths) - "'I thought I was going to be Billie Holiday!' Using Critical and Cultural Theory to Gain Original Perspectives on an Artist's Life and Music."
- Mike Fletcher (Birmingham Conservatoire) - "This is Our Music?: Education, history and cultural identity in contemporary British jazz."
- Ben Norton (Royal Holloway) - "Becoming-Metheny, Becoming-Orchestrion: The Orchestrion Project as an emergent assemblage."
- Lawrence Davies (King's College) - "Peckham Pandemonium?: George Webb's Dixielanders and Britain's traditional jazz revivial, c. 1943-48."
- Rachel Loscher (Dundalk Institute of Technology) - "The Success of Irish Jazz in a Xenophobic State: Development Despite a Culture of Apathy."
- Floris Schuiling (University of Cambridge) - "Globalisation, Genre and Ontology: the Instant Composers Pool and current jazz studies."
- Jamie Moore (University of Hull) - "Marsalis, Metheny, Mehldau, and the Problem with Selling Out."
- Dr. Tom Sykes (University of Salford) - "Festivals, workshops and selling CDs after the gig: Jazz as a cultural industry."
The event will also include a roundtable discussion on new directions in jazz studies with Dr Tom Perchard (Goldsmiths), Dr Catherine Tackley (The Open University), and Professor Tony Whyton (University of Salford).
Full schedule and registration details are available here: tinyurl.com/q5crmga
There will be no delegate fee, however registration for this event is essential. Registration closes on the 29th May, 1 week before the symposium. We are limited to only 40 places for this event, so it is advisable to secure your place as soon as possible.
Directions to Senate House can be seen here: http://www.london.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/home/map.pdf
We look forward to seeing you there.
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